ryanhayes9's 75 gallon reef diary!

ryanhayes9

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my dad got me a 75 gallon for christmas early. in my 55 i am battling hair algae, not a lot just a little. so im going to buy all new live sand for my 75. Im boiling all of the lr which is mostly base rock which has not come to life. I wil then place it in my new 75 with te new sand and use a little less than halfof the water from the 55 cuz it has phosphates in it. so i have started to set it up wit te help of seth. we have boiled some of the base rock i am using as well as buying 35 more pounds of new base rock. here are some pictures fo te process. comments are welcome
 
ryanhayes9

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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
my dad got me a 75 gallon for christmas early. in my 55 i am battling hair algae, not a lot just a little. so im going to buy all new live sand for my 75. Im boiling all of the lr which is mostly base rock which has not come to life. I wil then place it in my new 75 with te new sand and use a little less than halfof the water from the 55 cuz it has phosphates in it. so i have started to set it up wit te help of seth. we have boiled some of the base rock i am using as well as buying 35 more pounds of new base rock. here are some pictures fo te process. comments are welcome

seth is the one with bacl hair
im the one with the miami shirt and the burnt hand




 
ryanhayes9

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the pic of me holding my hand is when i hot water ran down the tongs and rurned me it was taken at the exact time i reacted to it the water was boiling
 
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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
the pic of me holding my hand is when i hot water ran down the tongs and rurned me it was taken at the exact time i reacted to it the water was boiling
this is how it looks now! when i get my paycheck im getting around 30 more lbs of lr which when the other rock is transfered from the 55 it will make a total of around 90 pounds
 
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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
this is how it looks now! when i get my paycheck im getting around 30 more lbs of lr which when the other rock is transfered from the 55 it will make a total of around 90 pounds
here it is
 
fedukeford

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lookin good so far, are you going BB or is the eggcrate just there to keep the rocks off the bottom till you put sand in?
 
shogun323

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Dan. Your tank is looking great. I gotta tell ya though I always come back to this thread just to see the picture of you burning your hand. It makes me laugh so hard every time!!!! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!!

Wade
 
ryanhayes9

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Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
eggcrate till i9 get sand
lol it hurt
i got about 50 lbs of base rock in there now....

 
ryanhayes9

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arrrgggg well i just changed half of the water out of the 55 to try to lower the phosphates before i moved evreything into the new 75. took 3 hours. the water temp was like 60 or something. i had a space heater and a 150 watt heater along with a hair dryer on it for like an hour. i also managed to blow the circuits lol
 
ryanhayes9

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tomorow i will be pickingup arouns 60 lbs of live sand and 25 gallons of ro water and a little more live rock !
 
ginarox

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loooks great ryanhayes,,,thanks for keeping us posted,,hope your hand is doing better,,cant waite to see some more pictures..have a great day...
 
ryanhayes9

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well after 5 hours of work im callin it a night. the 75 is running minus the corals and fish. wanted to make sure it wouldint cycle. the fish and corals are in a quarter filled 55 gallon in my room. have about 2 more hours of work to do tomorow.
 
demartini

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lookin good. good luck! by the way your lucky... My parents wont let me get a 75
so I'm stuck with nanos
 
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